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No. 416,772.. Patentedbpo. 1o, 1.889.

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No. 415,772. v lPai-,91115911.1360. 10.1889.

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f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

TAMES O. ANDERSON AND yWILLIAM S. HULL, OF SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,772, dated December10, 1889.

Application led August 28, 1888. Serial No. 284,003. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. ANDERSON and WILLIAM S. HULL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Sheffield, in the county of Colbert,State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindows, of which the following is a speci-V fication, reference beinghad therein tothe at the same time protecting the interior of I the roomboth from rain 'or snow and from Q the normal position of the saine willbein the i vertical plane, of course.

the directrays of the sun in hot Weather. To this end we haveconstructed our device as described in the following specification, andwith such novel features as are particularly pointed out in the claimsat the end of the same. v

t; In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one side of awindow constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a window as adj usted to serve as an awning and held inposition by one of our forms of brace. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thesame, showing another form of brace. Fig. 4 is a detail View of saidbrace, as shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail of another form of brace.Fig. 6 shows a detail of the arrangement of brace-fastening shown inFig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of the preferred form ofbracket as employed in the upper sash for the pivoting of our braces.Fig. 8

isa front elevation of a Window provided with still another form ofbrace arranged at the middle of the Window and showing the arrangementof curtains as fastened to the separate cases. 9 is a side View indetail of the form of brace employed in Fig. 8. Fig.

10 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 11 is a detail of a iinal formof brace in longitudinal section.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, our sashes are provided at the sides withlongitudinal grooves 6,these grooves being made in the edge of the sidebars 5 of our sashes, and being provided at the top thereof with a metalbearing 7,

preferably employed for the reason of better wear.

The jambs of the window are shown at 1, the sill being shown at 2, andthe sashes, upper and lower, respectively, being shown at 3 and 4.

Arranged within or upon the jambs at the proper height above the sillare trunnions 9, which are adapted to support the sashes by means of thebearing 7into which they project. It is evident from this constructionthat the sashes are very easily placed by simply slipping the groovesover the trunnions 9 until the metal pieces 7 rest thereon. i Thegreater portion of the sashes lies below the pivotal points of the same,and therefore At one side of the top sash and below the 'Y pivotal pointof the same there are brackets llO, formed, preferably, in the lnannerindi- 'cated in Fig. 7, where there is shown a wire i twisted so as toform an eye 13, and fastened at its ends at 11 to the side of the sash.Two of these wire brackets being placed together, l they form anadequate bearing for the upper @end of the brace 12, as shown in Figs.1, 2, @and 7. This pivotal support for the brace,y is` by means of a pininserted through the upper` end of the same, as shown at 13 in Fig. 7.,IThe brace 12 is a rack-bar having teeth at the lower end, as shown, soarranged as to take `in a gravity-link 15, hung at the top of the lowersash. .It will be seen that by the proper position of the brace at theattachment of l.the same to the two sashes these sashes may be openedtogether, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, being held open by the balancedpressures `exerted through the bar 12, attached to the two.

The peculiar disposition of the teeth and of .the gravity bar or link 15is shown in detail in Fig. 6. i

In Fig. 4 there is a composite bar shown, which may be employed in placeof that shown in Fig. 1, and substantially such a barA is shown in Fig.8. e This consists of two portions or sections 17 and l8,the formerhaving teeth, as shown, and sliding on the section 18 by means of acollar attached to the section 17 and embracing the section 18, as shownin IOO in which the lower section 17 is shown as slotted and havingteeth within the slot 21. The upper end of the bar 17 runs in a collar19in this case also, which may be fixed either to the lower or to theupper bar. Against the teeth 22 of the bar 17 there abuts a pin 23 atthe lower end of the upper bar I8.

In Fig. 6 is shown a bracketat one end of a curtain-roller 24, thebracket being shown here at 25, as also in Fig. 3. By running thesecurtains down to their full extent and holding them down in place bymeans of the hooked projections 27 at the lower end of the respectivesashes our windows may be converted into awnings, allowing of theentrance of air and light, while at the same time affording protectionfrom the rays of the sun and from the rain. The curtains proper areshown at 2G in Fig. 8. Vhere it is desired to open only one of thesashes at a time, the other may be locked by means of spring or otherstops 28 and 29, as shown in Fig. 8, at the sides and sill of thewindow.

Instead of fixing the upper end of the brace to the side of the uppersash, we have invented a modification. (Shown in Figs. 3, 9, and 10.)Here the brackets 10 are placed at the two sides of the upper sash,holding a bar 13a, upon which is xed a collar 13", carrying lugs 14X.Between these lugs is pivoted the upper bar 13, which passes through acollar 19X upon the bar 17, and which is itself provided with a collar2OX at the end, which collar embraces the end of the bar 17, beingprovided with a thumb-piece 21 and a set-screw 22X, whereby it is lockedwhen the windows are closed. The lower end of the bar 17 is providedwith a bayonet-slot 16X, which is adapted to be fittedover a pin 15X,fixed between the lugs or brackets 16 upon the upper end of thelowersash.

The form of brace shown in Fig. 1l is pneumatic and automatic, the upperbar being a rod 30, provided with a piston or plunger 31 at the endthereof, fitting tightly into a cyl- .inder 32, forming the bulk of t-helower bar, the lower end of which cylinder is furnished with a valve 33,opening inward against the action of a spring and having a stop 34 tokeep it in place. The effect of this arrangement is of course to allowof the opening of the windows and consequent resting of the Samewherever placed, the action of the piston being to draw air into thecylinder through the aperture 35 and the valve while the windows arebeing opened, and to hold the window open through the pressure of thisair, which is confined by the action of the valve, the air-pressurebeing relieved in the usual manner in devices of this character.

We do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the exactconstruction shown and described herein, as many details may be variedby the exercise of mechanical skill without departing from the scope ofour invention.

What We claim is- 1. In a window, the combination of jalnbs havingoppositely-arranged trunnions, with independent sashes having grooves intheir opposite stiles for the reception of the trunnions, whereby saidsashesmay be swung outwardly, and means for adjusting the sashes inposition independently or in conjunction, substantially as specified.

2. In a window, the combination of an upper and a lower sash mountedpivotally and adapted to be inclined, with an adj listing-bar pivoted tothe upper sash, and means for connecting the said bar with the lowersash, whereby said sashes are held in an adjusted position,substantially as specified.

3. In a window, jambs provided with oppositely arranged trunnions, incombination with an upper and lower sash and with an adj listing-barpivoted to one of the sashes and connected with the other of saidsashes, substantially as specified.

4. The jambs 1, having the trunnions 9, in combination with the sashes 3and 4, grooved as at 6, and having the bearing-plates 7 set in thegrooves for the reception of the trunnions, substantially as specified.

5. In a window, a frame having opposite trunnions and having independentupper and lower sashes mounted upon the trunnions, in combination with arack-bar pivoted to the upper sash below its pivotal support, and agravity-link secured to the lower sash above its pivotal support anddesigned to be received and operate in the notches of the bar,substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with the frame 1., having the opposite trunnions 9,of the sashes 3 and 4, grooved at their outer edges, as at 6, and havingbearing-plates 7 set therein and mounted on the trunnions, and of therackbar 12, connected to the upper sash, as at 10, and connected to thelower sash by the gravity-link 15, substantially as specified.

In testimon y whereof we affix our signaturesd in presence of twowitnesses'.

JAMES C. ANDERSON. WILLIAM S. HULL.

Vitnesses:

JNo. C. LESTER, W. T. SHERMAN.

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